THE BEATLES “WHITE ALBUM” (U.S.APPLE) 1973 ISSUE

Record: disc 1: VG/G+ | disc 2: VG+/EX (side B G+ grade due to feelable scratch in track 5 & in tracks 7-9; includes fold-out, double-sided photo/lyrics poster & all 4 photo inserts)

Jacket: VG (embossed, gatefold jacket; corner & shelf wear; stains on back)

John Lennon called it “the son of Sgt. Pepper”, and it is interesting to consider what he means in this context. The two albums are as different in approach as you can imagine. Whereas Pepper was meticulously planned and orchestrated, this is chaotic, so I presume what Lennon really meant is that The White Album is a reaction against Pepper- it is as spontaneous, impulsive and sprawling as Pepper was tight and unified. And this album really is an astonishing feat of musical creativity and adventurism. By the time the first side has ended we have swung from the back to the 50s rock of the opener, to the gorgeous pop-psychedelia of Dear Prudence, to the sunny, Nanna-pleasing pop of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da to the poignant lyricism of While My Guitar Gently Weeps– perhaps Harrison’s best song- and at last to the disturbing and disturbingly under-rated, Happiness Is a Warm Gun.

TOUGH TO FIND WITH ALL 4 PICTURES

Track listing

Show track credits

• A1Back in the U.S.S.R.
• A2Dear Prudence
• A3Glass Onion
• A4Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
• A5Wild Honey Pie
• A6The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
• A7While My Guitar Gently Weeps
• A8Happiness Is a Warm Gun
• B1Martha My Dear
• B2I’m So Tired
• B3Blackbird
• B4Piggies
• B5Rocky Raccoon
• B6Don’t Pass Me By
• B7Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?
• B8I Will
• B9Julia
• C1Birthday
• C2Yer Blues
• C3Mother Nature’s Son
• C4Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
• C5Sexy Sadie
• C6Helter Skelter
• C7Long, Long, Long
• D1Revolution 1
• D2Honey Pie
• D3Savoy Truffle
• D4Cry Baby Cry
• D5Revolution 9
• D6Good Night